The panel is asking the Supreme Court to maintain an appeals court's ruling, which said that the National Archives should give them access to the documents.
The House committee is asking the U.S.to allow an appeals court's earlier ruling, which said that the National Archives should give them access to the documents, to stay in place.
"Although the facts are unprecedented, this case is not a difficult one," the lawyers said in the filing, adding."This Court's review is unwarranted, and the petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied." Trump has attacked the committee's work and continued to promote unfounded conspiracy theories about widespread fraud in the election, even though's victory was certified by all 50 states. His claims have been rebuked by courts across the country.
The question now is whether at least four justices agree to hear the case. The court has six conservative jurists, including three appointed by Trump, and several issues have arisen since Trump's lawyers filed their original petition that might be of interest. While the agreement focused on specific concerns, the potential narrowing of the documents requests is an acknowledgment that it was broad. That point forms a foundation of the court filing to the Supreme Court by Trump's lawyers, where the words broad, overly broad, strikingly broad and hopelessly broad are sprinkled throughout. It is a point that Trump noticed as well.
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